Were they actually Quebecois's or are they just Nordique fans living around NJ and NY ? I found it strange. If they live around NJ or NY, it kind of makes sense. But if they were actually from Le Belle Province, and made the trip don't you think they would make a bigger impact statement, let's say, the next CBC game coveraged in Montreal ? They're not even back in the league yet, and they are all ready as looney as their Habs friends.

Were they actually Quebecois's or are they just Nordique fans living around NJ and NY ? I found it strange. If they live around NJ or NY, it kind of makes sense. But if they were actually from Le Belle Province, and made the trip don't you think they would make a bigger impact statement, let's say, the next CBC game coveraged in Montreal ? They're not even back in the league yet, and they are all ready as looney as their Habs friends.Posted by Stuke50

I know there were 1000 from Quebec City that made it out to Long Island to see Islanders game.Yes they're nuts, nuts about getting a team back.I'de drive 3hours to go catch a game in Quebec city.

2,000 fans from Quebec bought the tickets back in February. They want to show the league and the Keebler Elf how serious Quebec is to get a hockey team again. Throughout the past few months these fans have been going around the league and voicing their support for a pro franchise to return to Labelle Province!!!Posted by dinami

Thank you for correcting my french....Labelle !!! I WILL remember this....I don't write that out much here in Western Canada....

I would LOVE to see Quebec get their franchise back. If you think the Habs/Bruins hatred is something, then you ain't seen nothing compared to the Nords/Habs hatred. Those two teams always HATED each other and fans of one team hated the fans of the other team. Just watch the highlights of the brawl in the 80s between the two teams during the playoffs. Actually two bench clearing brawls lasting probably about 20 minutes each.

As soon as Bettman finally gives up this mess with Hulsizer in the desert (seriously this weekend George Will devoted his Washington Post column to talking about how bad an idea hockey in the desert is, that's how off the rails the Coyotes thing has gotten) and sends them back to Winnipeg, then Quebec can turn their attention to Atlanta. It would be amazing if we could have the Nords and Jets back this fall. Jets will likely happen this fall, but the Nords may take an extra year or two (need to get that new rink built asap).

Live in Jersey -- Went to game yesterday -- At least 30 buses showed up packed with fans from Quebec. Visited Quebec back in 1980. Nordiques were out of town so I caught a Remparts game at the Colisée and the fans packed the place during a near blizzard. Everyone had a blast.

Naturally I'm half-serious about all the moves and they likely won't come, but it really would be nice to migrate back north. The rumblings beyond Quebec and Winnepeg that include Hamilton, Vegas and even Hartford only muck things up. Should be a no-brainer to return to Quebec. Winnepeg is more difficult, but there are several examples of teams moving back to markets that once failed and making it work the second time through.

Sure would like to see another American team in the NW, though. Seattle or Portland could make a go of it. It'll never happen, but one could wish.

I think Seatle could really use a team. My brother works for Microsoft and there is a lot of youth hockey there (his kid loves the Bruins). It's a big money market too. There and the Canadian cities would be good markets for hockey.